2 dead, 1 seriously injured in hit-and-run in Garfield Park – NBC Chicago

Two women were killed and a third was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident on Sunday morning in Chicago’s Garfield Park district.

According to Chicago police, around 4:31 a.m. Sunday morning, a white SUV was traveling at a high rate of speed in the 200 block of North Kedzie when it ran a stop sign and collided with a Buick sedan at the intersection.

The driver of the SUV fled the scene of the accident on foot and could not be found, according to police.

Two of the women in the sedan, a 34-year-old and a 47-year-old, were pronounced dead after the violent crash. A third, a 32-year-old, was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition.

The accident unit is investigating the accident and is asking the public for help in finding the fleeing driver.